Show Ii i I IUILDIN THE CANAL J II i y I I Colombias Chief Talks of the i 1 Waterway II i J I I I I + It t WHYTT SHOULD eo THROUGH I I r I if His Message Colombian Congress 11 t I Con-gress on Matter I t J I I Two Alternatives Ho Says Are Before i I I I Be-fore Government Which National I I i t II Legislature Must Decide r Colon Colombia July iThe text of President Marroqulns message submitted I j submit-ted to the Colombian Congress lias I reached hero The part referring to the 1 I I I I Panama canal says I I I There are two alternatives before l i the Government t Firstly the curtailment j 11 j 1 i I curtail-ment of Colombian sovereignty In consideration 1 con-sideration of certain pecuniary advantages I I f I advan-tages and secondly l to rigorously I I maintain sovereignty and peremptorily IJ demand tho money Indemnity to which J I we consider ourselves entitled In the I first case the wishes of the inhabitants I of the department of Panama will be satisfied but tho Government may = be i afterward accused of falling to defend i + and the the sovereignty of the country I Interests of the nation + In the second place if the canal Is + not built via tho Panama route the i Government will be accused of falling I to obtain the wealth of which the canal I may ho regarded as the beginning and i ti which may be the solo condition of our future aggrandizement I have already I I made known my wish that an inter I oceanic canal should be opened through I our territory I think even at cost and f sacrifice we should not place obstacles t in the way of such a grand enterprise I j I because it would surely result in a j I gigantic material Improoment of our II I country also because once the canal 1 Js opened we will expand and draw I closer in our relations to North America I Ameri-ca whereby our Industries commerce and wealth would be greatly benefited I Harmllv for me the Immense responsibility re-sponsibility of deciding the question I I I rests with Congress which must definitely I I defi-nitely approve or disapprove the canal II I treaty proposed by the United States I I Government |